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India: Many parts of India have problems with murders related to witchcraft accusations. Many states are dealing with it through awareness programmes, and improving access to medical services, but in Maharashtra they are different. Instead, they have decided to give credence to the murderers' beliefs and have made witchcraft illegal - instantly declaring that it really is possible to make someone ill through magic - and have banned the informal medicine which is the only sort most people have access to. The bill is being promoted as a measure against superstition, which would be funny if it didn't give official status to the prime excuse used by those who murder women. Ban on black magic in Maharashtra - Sify, 1st August 2003.
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